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Hi all, I'd like to introduce you to my current project: This is Gladys, my 1987 GL hatchback. I bought her in August of 2021 and she was a wonderful car to have, until she blew her first engine in late October. Two more engines and a blown HG later, she has been sitting on a friend's property for the past several months awaiting her new engine, or rather, her new motor. See, I plan to replace the gas engine in this car with an electric drivetrain out of a Nissan Leaf. Part of the reason its taken so long to get this project moving has been waiting to find a suitable donor car in my price range (>$3,000 USD) but just a couple of days ago I was fortunate enough to get my hands on this crashed 2015 Leaf from Copart for a grand total of around $2,800 So in this thread I'm planning on documenting the swap and any problems or workarounds I'm encountering as I go along. The basic plan for the build is to take the motor from the leaf and mate it onto the existing 4 speed transmission using an adapter plate made by Angus over at http://bratindustries.net, who performed a similar swap on a 1983 BRAT (a little off topic, but he used the third eye mechanism to hide the fast charging port which I think is really neat). Since it's not strictly necessary with an electric drivetrain I'm forgoing the clutch in favor of a direct connection from the motor to the transmission. I then plan to power it using the battery pack from the leaf, stored in the back since I'm planning on a rear seat delete to preserve space and weight. The whole system will charge from a standard J1772 charging port located where the filler neck used to be. I intend to keep the look of the car as stock as possible inside, going so far as to replace the modified center console with an aftermarket head unit that was in the car with a stock unit I was able to find on eBay along with a factory cassette deck. the accelerator will hook up to the control electronics through the throttle cable and the stock gauge cluster will remain unmodified save for allowing the fuel gauge to read out the battery's state of charge. Should this project all go as planned, the car should have the equivalent of a 107hp motor with 184 lb/ft of torque and about 60 miles of range, give or take some thanks to regenerative braking. Of course if I want more range I might decide to upgrade the battery later on down the line, though I think this should be plenty sufficient for the time being. I plan to use as much from the Leaf as possible, but I'll use third party components to get stuff like the brake booster working on battery power Now, this project is still very much in the early stages even though I'm months in already, but I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about the project, as well as taking any suggestions you might have about how to get the conversion done

the ea82 turbo has a tendency to crack the heads especially when you give it the beans and dont even try to add the turdbo to the na engine it will pop the first time you get in to the boost

Thanks ! That’s an Outdoor Sport edition 1994 with following generation 15” wheels. Continuing the story here in 2023 that lovely green wagon has just been re-registered which is a kind of big deal. The car was rear ended in 2021 and I’m still getting Chiropratic care for that. But the big deal ( my body doesn’t mean much because it’s just a life of self abuse) is that the car was totaled out by the offenders insurance but somehow I’ve eluded the State inspections etc etc. Maybe they’ll catch up to me but I was told back when I got the fat check that it may need inspection to keep on the road. Then someone said if I sell that car then the next owner will have to have it inspected. Bottom line is the State DMV sent me a re-register form and I quickly did it online and here I am with another two years of gen one Legacy ownership. Rock Da House ! There’s your story of the day kids. Stay outta trouble!

Hello everyone, If you have seen my threads lately, you know I'm hard on plastic. I've been trying to track down a clock bezel.for a 2002 Impreza. OEM was $105 without the clock which was discontinued. Ebay was about $90 for dirty and stained looking items, but they had a clock...then there was shipping. I hit up Google and found a delightful place by the name of Subie Recycler Inc. These guys had one in stock, in like new condition with a working clock for $25. They are local (for me) in Wheat Ridge, Colorado so I was able to pick it up. They had a surprisingly large warehouse with nothing but Subaru parts and great prices. Don't ask them for a '14 Forester seat though. They have almost nothing from that generation. Good people. Good prices. And they ship most parts nationwide. Inventory is available online or you can call/text. I have no affiliation with these guys, just a happy customer who is rarely happy with the service I receive these days.

That's a neat one!

I have lot of reds. You pay shipping. Larry

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